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Teijin to expand DMT supply capability  

Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo; www.teijin.co.jp)says it will expand its supply capability for dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), a petrochemical used as a raw material in producing polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and for other specialty chemical applications. The company’s existing DMT production facility at the…

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Linde to construct two ASUs for Tata Steel  

The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) will be constructing two major air separation units (ASUs) at the Kalinganagar industrial complex in Odisha, India, for one of the world's largest steel manufacturers, Tata Steel Ltd. Linde will be investing €80 million…

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Foster Wheeler awarded EPCm contract for EPAX’s fish-oil facility at Seal Sands  

Foster Wheeler AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.fwc.com) announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by EPAX Pharma UK Ltd., the U.K. subsidiary of Trygg Pharma AS, based in Norway, for the…

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Outotec awarded several orders for copper and molybdenum projects in Iran  

Outotec Oyj (Espoo, Finland; www.outotec.com) has been awarded multiple orders, worth a total of €265 million, for technology deliveries to National Iranian Copper Industries Co.'s (NICICO) copper and molybdenum projects in Iran. Approximately €58 million of these contracts will be…

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Pöyry awarded detailed engineering for the iron-ore-beneficiation plant expansion in Brazil  

Pöyry Oyj’s (Vantaa, Finland; www.poyry.com) Industry business group has been awarded a services assignment by Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A. (CSN) for detailed engineering to finalize the iron ore beneficiation plant expansion at Casa de Pedra Mine in the state of…

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Praxair China starts up new ASU for Meishan Steel  

Praxair China (Shanghai; www.praxair.cn) has started up a new air separation plant in Nanjing, Jiangsu province for Meishan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Baosteel Group, one of the world’s top steel makers. This new air separation plant…

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Fluor secures Sasol’s tar-separator-replacement project in South Africa  

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has begun work on a new project for Sasol Technology Pty. Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) for its Tar Separator Project. The new contract is for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for the replacement…

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BP licenses its latest generation PTA technology to JBF Petrochemicals  

BP (London, U.K.; www.bp.com) and JBF Petrochemicals (a wholly owned subsidiary of JBF Industries Ltd.) have signed an agreement for licensing BP’s latest generation purified terephthalic acid (PTA) technology. JBF intends to build a 1.25 million metric tons per annum…

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BASF plans to expand vinylformamide capacity in Ludwigshafen  

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is planning to expand the manufacturing plant for vinylformamide (VFA) in Ludwigshafen. In addition, BASF intends to increase the polymerization capacity in Ludwigshafen and build a new polymerization line for VFA in China for further…

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ThyssenKrupp Uhde acquires E&P Global  

ThyssenKrupp Uhde GmbH (Uhde; Dortmund, Germany; www.uhde.eu) is strengthening its capabilities in the global oil-and-gas business through the acquisition of E&P Global Ltd. (London, England) and its subsidiaries Energy and Power Consultants Ltd. in London and Energy and Power Ltd.…